The government on Sunday provided little immediate relief except increasing allocation to its flagship rural job scheme by 66 per cent, but used the pandemic to usher in bold public sector reforms in its last leg of its announcements on the Rs 20-trillion package. As Lockdown 4.0 starts today, the centre allowed a lot more relaxation to pave the way for increased movement of people and facilitate more economic activity.
FM's economic vaccine: Final tranche is high on reforms, low on stimulus
State-owned units will remain only in strategic areas, which, however, are yet to be defined, while those in